Re: IBM recruiting DBAs for a Web-based survey

On Thu, 10 Jul 1997 11:32:06 +1100, Anthony Mandic <no_sp.am_at_onecall.com.au> wrote:

>MARK FINE wrote:
>>
>> IBM is looking for 25 experienced Database Administrators to participate
>> in a research project conducted on the World Wide Web. If you qualify and
>> you complete the survey, you will receive 100 dollars for your
>> participation.
>> The study involves two visits to our web site, each requiring about an
>> hour of your time.
>
> Let me see, thats 2 hours for $100 or $50 per hour. Every DBA I
> know makes more than that per hour. You'd better up your rates.
>
>-am

MARK I challenge you to provide a list of US customers paying rates where the real DBA (not the pimp) is getting > 50$/hr. I'll bet *every* DBA I know is making less. Prove your point! I really believe you are speaking without fact.If you are speaking truth, I'll call my pimp to task ASAP.

eric pearson
ericp_at_mindspring.com Received on Fri Jul 11 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT